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Control system for fluid heated steam generator

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6482679

A control system for controlling the location of the nucleate-boiling region in a fluid heated steam generator comprises means for measuring the temperature gradient (change in temperature per unit length) of the heating fluid along the steam generator; means for determining a control variable in accordance with a predetermined function of temperature gradients and for generating a control signal in response thereto; and means for adjusting the feedwater flow rate in accordance with the control signal.

Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
Patent Number(s):
US 4526136
OSTI ID:
6482679
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English